-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Channing Tatum 's `` Magic Mike '' is back in action .

On July 3 , 2015 , Tatum 's stripper with a heart of gold will be back in theaters with a new story after winning over audiences in 2012 's `` Magic Mike . ''

And instead of simply calling the sequel `` Magic Mike 2 , '' Tatum and his team have conjured up a more memorable title : `` Magic Mike XXL . ''

Because of course .

In the first `` Magic Mike , '' 33-year-old Tatum starred as the titular Mike , a construction worker and aspiring furniture designer by day and magical male stripper by night . Directed by Steven Soderbergh and including stars like Matthew McConaughey , Joe Manganiello and Alex Pettyfer , `` Magic Mike 's '' summer 2012 debut was hot enough to earn $ 113 million domestically .

According to Tatum , `` Magic Mike XXL '' will shift the action from Florida nightclubs to the road .

`` This one will be a road trip movie , '' he told MTV on Sunday , when he was honored with the network 's Trailblazer Award at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards . `` We do n't want to make it a serious , slice-of-life movie . We want reality in it , but we do n't want to make it some dark drama . There was some darkness in the last one , and I think it surprised people and shocked people . This one , we want there to be a lot of conflict and struggle , but we also want a s *** - ton of fun . Just ridiculous stuff that you would never see in a movie . ''

Tatum is again writing and producing `` XXL '' with Reid Carolin , with Gregory Jacobs directing . As far as the cast , `` I think everyone 's going to be back , '' Tatum said , although he cautioned that deals are n't set in stone .

`` Magic Mike XXL '' will follow a very busy few years for Tatum . On the heels of success with 2012 's `` 21 Jump Street '' and `` Magic Mike , '' the actor has starred in no less than eight films , with three of them still to come this year . His `` 21 Jump Street '' sequel with Jonah Hill , `` 22 Jump Street , '' arrives June 13 , and his sci-fi film with Mila Kunis , `` Jupiter Ascending , '' bows on July 18 .

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Channing Tatum 's `` Magic Mike '' sequel is officially under way

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The movie , `` Magic Mike XXL , '' will arrive in July 2015

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Tatum expects most of the cast to return